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I grew up thinking that if you didn’t come first, or in the top three, you lost; you were considered the loser. But, is that really the case? I recently competed in my first international event and came last. I … Continued

Better learning is life changing. That simple statement is our ‘why’ at Inspire Group. For our Inspire Leaders’ team, we translate this to better leading changes lives. And it really does. So we have just one rule: if it’s not … Continued

A new year tradition: succeed or continue as you were? With each new year comes new year resolutions we commit to ourselves in the hopes of making us fitter, more focused and all round better people than we were last … Continued

How’s that for an attention-grabbing heading? Now we all know that it’s not true but the point is the heading served its purpose which is: to get your attention (or else why would it be in a bigger font than … Continued

I am not a film buff – in fact, I rarely watch movies (that’s blasphemy in the Inspire office but I’ve kept my secret well under wraps until now). My best friend has a degree in Film Studies and my … Continued

In many coaching conversations I’ve had with managers, they are adamant that their particular poor performer is aware of their shortcomings and don’t understand why they aren’t taking steps to remedy the situation. Unfortunately their poor performer may be suffering … Continued

At our most recent Inspiring women’s networking event one of our fabulous associates Karen Waitt presented to us about taking leadership regardless of your role. She used a tool which many of you will have heard of called the Ladder … Continued

Writing in plain English doesn’t mean dumbing down your message for the lowest common denominator (and that’s a terrible phrase, by the way. Stop using it – whoever this ‘lowest common denominator’ person is, they probably hate you for labelling … Continued

I’m fascinated by brains. Your brain, my brain, learner brains, braaaaaiiinnnns. Not in a “Mmmmm I wanna eat your brains” kind of way. I can’t imagine something made of water and fats to be that tasty. Although when I was … Continued

I don’t like to fail. It takes me straight back to school and my teacher’s red pen. When I was a kid I spelled my own name wrong on the cover of an exercise book (ironically my spelling book); I … Continued

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Inspire Group is a custom learning design company, and the nature of what we do means we make discoveries daily that we share on our learning design blog. We learn a lot of things, and that’s fortunate in a business full of people who love learning! Think of this as your ‘go-to’ blog for everything related to learning. Including future trends in learning, elearning, leadership, brain science, team training and more.